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Poll: Americans broadly support Mueller probe, are split on Comey

<p>WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 21: Special counsel Robert Mueller (2nd L) leaves after a closed meeting with members of the Senate Judiciary Committee June 21, 2017 at the Capitol in Washington, DC. The committee meets with Mueller to discuss the firing of former FBI Director James Comey. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)</p>

A new poll finds broad support for special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into President Donald Trump and his campaign.

Almost 7 in 10 (69%) of respondents in the ABC News/Washington Post poll
said they support the special counsel's probe into potential collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia. Sixty-four percent said they support looking into Trump's business dealings. Nearly 6 in 10 (58%) said they back the special counsel investigating allegations that Trump paid hush money to women who alleged affairs with him.

The polling took place from April 8-11 -- meaning it took place largely in the aftermathof Monday's FBI raids
of Trump personal lawyer Michael Cohen's home, office and hotel room. FBI agents removed Cohen's computer, cell phone, business files and financial documents, and also sought communications related to the "Access Hollywood" tape
that captured Trump making lewd remarks about women, sources familiar with the matter have told CNN.

The poll also finds that a majority (51%) think "the question of whether or not Trump has engaged in a pattern of sexual misconduct" is an important issue; 46% don't feel it is important.

Asked about fired FBI Director James Comey, 48% of respondents said they find him to be more believable than Trump. A little more than a third (32%) said the President is the more believable of the pair.

Views of the former FBI director were about evenly split -- 30% had a favorable opinion; 32% had an unfavorable one. Thirty-eight percent of the respondents had no opinion about Comey. Nonetheless, nearly half (47%) disapprove of Trump's decision to fire Comey.

The poll was conducted prior to the release of excerpts from Comey's tell-all memoir.
It was conducted with a group of 1,002 adults with a margin of error of +/-3.5 percentage points.